Woodruff High School is a public secondary school in
Woodruff, South Carolina, United States, and is the only high school in
Spartanburg County School District 4.
History
The original Woodruff High School was built in 1908 on East Georgia Street.
The next high school was built in 1925 in downtown Woodruff. It was a
Collegiate Gothic building designed by Frank H. Cunningham and Joseph G. Cunningham.
The building cost $50,000 at the time, and is nearly ; the building includes a 600-seat auditorium. This building was the high school until 1953, when became a junior high school until the 1960s, and an elementary school after that. The city bought the school and converted it into the
city hall and
police station in 1978.
The following high school was opened in September 1953.
On January 11, 1987, Woodruff High School that was opened in 1953 was destroyed by a fire. Rob Johnson, who was a student at the time, describe waking up and seeing "large plumes of smoke filling the sky." After hearing about the fire, American rock band
REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon (originally stylized as R.E.O. Speedwagon), or simply REO, was an American Rock music, rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial suc ...
hosted a concert at the
Greenville Memorial Auditorium to help raise money for the seniors. The band later raised money for the re-building of the school with a concert at
Clemson University. The school in use today was completed for the school year beginning on August 13, 1989.
The building was nominated for the
National Register of Historic Places
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as "
Woodruff High School" on May 31, 2006.
On August 11, 2022, voters approved a referendum allowing the school district to issue $100 million in general obligation bonds to build a new Woodruff High School. The project broke ground on June 28, 2023. Students of Woodruff Middle School will move into the current high school upon the project's completion. The new building is expected to be complete in late 2025.
Athletics
State championships
* Baseball: 1947, 1958
* Basketball - Girls: 1921, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967
* Football: 1956, 1957, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984
* Golf - Boys: 2021, 2023
* Tennis - Boys: 1975
* Track - Boys: 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1994
* Wrestling: 1978, 1982, 1983, 2001
* Strength: 2023
Notable alumni
*
Marcellas Dial, NFL cornerback for the
New England Patriots.
References
External links
Woodruff High School— official school site
National Register Properties in South Carolina: Woodruff High School— state website about the 1923 building, with photographs, description, and HRHP nomination form
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Educational institutions established in 1908
1908 establishments in South Carolina
School buildings completed in 1908
Public high schools in South Carolina
Schools in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg County, South Carolina